Ashton currently resides in Shanghai where he advises companies on the China consumer market. He holds an MBA from the Oxford Said Business School and a bachelors in economics from the University of Chicago. You can find him on Twitter @MrAshtonLee

And in the same year that state-controlled liquor stores finally got kicked out and selling hard alcohol became privatized.

A huge win for individual freedom for the people of Washington. I'm definitely proud of my home-state and hope this is a sign of more liberal social laws passing in the near future, and Washington leading the way for the rest of the country.

Nate Silver, using a nuanced understanding of statistics, called the results of 50 out of 50 states in the presidential race and all but two senate races, defying pundits, naysayers, and people who were reluctant to buy his book already.